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Mashpee Board of Sever Commissioners <br /> MeetingNtinutes <br /> May 22, 2012 at 7 p.m. <br /> Mashpee Town Hall, Selectmen's Meeting Room <br /> Present: Chairman Torn Fudala, Oskar Ienert, Jack Malarkey, Joe Lyons <br /> Also Present: Pal obell-Sewer Commission Administrator, Selectman Tom O'Hara, ,def . <br /> Gregg-G , Pio Lombardo-Lombardo Associates, <br /> Absent: Mar1 Gurnee <br /> BALL To ORDER <br /> The meeting was called to order at 7:05p.m. by Chairman Fudala. <br /> APPROVAL of MUNUTYS February 16, 2012 & April 24, 2012 <br /> Changes were suggested by Mr. Gobell and.Mr, Gregg for the February 16 t minutes. <br /> Mr* Lyons made a motion to accept the Board of Sewer Commissioners meeting notes o <br /> Fehruary'1 as corrected. Mr.lGenert seconded the motion. All voted unanimously. <br /> Changes to the April 20 minutes were recommended by,fir. Gobell. <br /> Mr. Lyons made a motion to accept the meeting minutes of April 24th as amended by Mr. <br /> Gohell and deleting the"AM"reference which was in error. Mr. Malarkey seconded the <br /> motion. All voted unanimously. <br /> AGENDA ITEMS <br /> Presentation by Don Walter of USGS on Mashpee:Solute Transport Model <br /> Mr. Walter discussed the results of the model runs on proposed discharge areas in Popponesset <br /> Bay and other town watersheds while sha`ing a presentation-on screen. 1r. Walter was unable <br /> to provide the presentation in print since the information was still under review and due to USGS <br /> policy. BA ST and the Cape Cod Commission had been briefed earlier in the day. Mr. Walter <br /> expected that the final reports with documented results, would be available by the end of the <br /> summer.. <br /> Mr. Walter stated that the solute transport model was utilized in order to enhance the <br /> implementation of TN4DLs for nitrogen. The original watersheds had been completed in 2003 <br /> for the MEP analysis. An additional project utilized particle tracking to estimate.the nitrogen <br /> loads and can quantify mass moving through the ponds. The current project had some delays, <br /> but additional technology was developed making the project possible. The objective was to <br /> improve implementation of the TNMLs with improving the accounting of the nitrogen mass and <br /> determining the tinning of the response of the estuary. The model can be used to evaluate the <br /> systems response to the Towns wastewater management actions. The approach began with a sub- <br /> regional model of Popponesset Bay and incorporated the solute transport methods, beginning <br /> with the parcel scale water use data for current conditions, along with wastewater management <br /> actions received from Mashpee, in order to evaluate the wastewater management actions and <br /> how it would affect the loads. Mr. Walter noted that attenuation dispersion and de-nitrification, <br />